今日、「いきいき健幸クラブで「花は咲く」を歌う

　私の家のすぐ前の集会所「ふるさと」で本日、「いきいき健幸クラブ」が行われます。このため、会場が華やかになるよう先程、私は家から写真のシンビジウム「萌香」を持って行き、会場内に飾って来ました。会員は２０名程です。

　１０時から会員が歌を歌ったり、体操をするのに会場に来て驚くでしょう。最初に発声練習しますが、この「萌香」の花のように「口を丸く大きく開けましょう。」と口の開け方の見本にしたいと思います。果たして、皆さんいつもと違って、よく響く声が出るでしょうか。実は１月、２月は寒いので休みでしたから、今日から始まり、皆さん、暫くぶりに再会で気持ちも萌えるでしょう。

　今日は５曲歌いますが、室内にシンビジウムの花が咲く中、その中の一曲は東北大震災の後生まれた「花は咲く」です。この曲は大震災の復興支援ソングとして発表され、震災で深い悲しみを抱えた人々に寄り添う楽曲として多くの人々の心に響いています。選曲としてはタイムリーでしょう。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yqNN2wsLu4

　The "Active Health Club" event will be held at ten o'clock today at the "Furusato" community center in front of my house. To brighten up the venue, I brought the Cymbidium "Moeka" (pictured) from home today and displayed already it inside. The members are about 20.

　When members come to sing and do exercises, they'll be amazed. We'll start with vocal exercises, demonstrating how to open their mouths wide and round, just like this "Moeka" flower. I hope they can all sing with a voice that resonates better than usual. Actually, we took a break in January and February because it was so cold, so we started again today, and I'm sure everyone is excited to be reunited after such a long time.

　Today, while Cymbidium flowers bloom indoors, we'll be singing five songs, and one of them is "Hana wa Saku" (Flowers Bloom), which was composed after the Great East Japan Earthquake. This song was released as a support song for the recovery from the earthquake, and has resonated with many people's heart as a song that sympathizes with those who were deeply saddened by the disaster. The song selection will be timely, I think.